Antibiotic resistance is one of the biggest global health challenges we are facing this century, as drugs which help fight infections start to become ineffective. In 2015, the Sixty-Eighth World Health Assembly, endorsed the Global Action Plan on Antimicrobial Resistance, calling for a dedicated global campaign to raise public awareness and understanding of antibiotic resistance. World Antibiotic Awareness Week (WAAW) takes place every November to promote global education on antibiotics, how they should be used, and the growing risks of antibiotic resistance.
On November 20th,2019, the campaign about “ Prevention of infection and control of antibiotic resistance” was held in the three campus by school of public healthin Southeast University. The staff briefly introduced the students who came to participate in the activity on the knowledge of antibiotics, especially the causes of antibiotic resistance and its severity, so that everyone understood that antibiotics can not be misused and taking your medication as directed. The knowledge, attitude and behavior of rational use of antibiotics were also investigated in participates.
Li Tao, the Party secretary of the public health, and Feng Qilong, the deputy secretary, also came to discuss with the students.
In order to involved more international students join in the activity, the international students majoring in public health were invited to give a lecture to the international students in front of the international student's apartment. At the Kowloon Lake campus, the event also attracted a large number of teachers and students. Some lucky winners of the lucky draw received hand sanitizer, soap, alcohol and other small gifts.
This is the fourth year that the school of public health has organized a health education campaign against antibiotic resistance on November , and we hope that together we can make our contribution to slowing the process of antibiotic resistance.
